Policy
‘Developed nations are not honoring their commitments’: DRC negotiator on biodiversity finance
Mongabay · By Latoya Abulu ·
The Brief
- Discussions at the 2026 U.N. biodiversity summit (COP17) in Yerevan, Armenia, ran longer and were tenser than planned during one of the final sessions.
- The main point of contention was biodiversity finance, and a DRC negotiator said developed nations are not honouring their commitments.
Why it matters
Funding commitments for biodiversity protection shape whether conservation targets agreed at U.N. talks can be carried out, particularly in developing countries, so gaps between pledges and delivery matter for science-based conservation planning.
Who’s affected
- conservation scientists and ecologists
- policymakers and negotiators involved in biodiversity finance
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YEREVAN, Armenia — Discussions were running much longer — and tenser — than they were supposed to during one of the last sessions of the 2026 U.N. biodiversity summit (COP17) in Armenia. The recurring culprit: Money, or more specifically, biodiversity finance. It recalled earlier…